Our Daily Bread Devotional 5 October 2021 – With Us in the Valley

Welcome to Tuesday 5 October 2021 Our Daily Bread Devotional titled With Us in the Valley. This message shall be a blessing to your life and destiny.

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Read Seeds of Destiny Devotional 5 October 2021

Our Daily Bread Devotional 5 October 2021

Topic: With Us in the Valley

Isaiah 23–25 Philippians 1

KEY VERSE:

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Psalm 23:4

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 23

INSIGHT

As Hannah Wilberforce (aunt of British abolitionist William Wilberforce) lay dying, she wrote a letter in which she mentioned hearing about the death of a fellow believer in Jesus: “Happy is the dear man who is gone to glory, now in the presence of Jesus, whom unseen he loved. My heart seemed to jump for joy.” Then she described her own situation: “Myself, better and worse; Jesus, as good as ever.”

Her words make me think of Psalm 23, where David writes, “Even though I walk through the darkest valley [the valley of the shadow of death], I will fear no evil, for you are with me” (v. 4). Those words leap from the page because it’s there, in the middle of the valley of the shadow of death, where David’s description of God turns deeply personal. He moves from talking about God in the beginning of the psalm—“the Lord is my shepherd” (v. 1)—to talking to Him: “for you are with me” (v. 4, italics added).

How reassuring it is to know that almighty God who “brought forth the whole world” (90:2) is so compassionate that He walks with us through even the most difficult places. Whether our situation turns better or worse, we can turn to our Shepherd, Savior, and Friend and find Him “as good as ever.” So good that death itself is vanquished, and we will “dwell in the house of the Lord forever” (23:6). By: James Banks

REFLECT: How does it comfort you to know that Jesus our Shepherd is always with you? How can you share that hope with someone today?